"Are we just going to let him go?" Ruan Xingzhu asked in confusion.
Song Qingshu smiled. "He's more useful alive than dead right now. So many high-ranking officials in Sichuan died unexpectedly this time; there needs to be a reasonable explanation. He's the perfect scapegoat."
Ruan Xingzhu nodded, vaguely guessing what he intended to do. Just then, a low groan suddenly came from nearby. It was Shen Xiaolong.
"He's not going to make it." Ruan Xingzhu was about to bend down and check on him when Song Qingshu stopped her.
"Don't touch him!" Song Qingshu's expression turned grave. "He's been poisoned by the Golden Wave Poison Flower. His entire body is toxic now. If you touch him, you'll be poisoned as well."
"The Golden Wave Poison Flower?" Ruan Xingzhu's face paled at once. As one of the most elite spies, she had naturally heard of this legendary poison. She even knew that Song Qingshu himself had once been driven to utter desperation after being poisoned by it.
"Doesn't that mean he's doomed?" Ruan Xingzhu asked anxiously. In their original plan, Shen Xiaolong had been someone they could win over. Who would have expected him to be poisoned by such a bizarre toxin? Wouldn't all their previous plans have been wasted?
"He won't die." Song Qingshu crouched beside Shen Xiaolong and swiftly sealed several of his acupoints.
"Be careful!" Having just warned herself, Ruan Xingzhu instinctively cried out in concern when she saw him directly touch the poisoned Shen Xiaolong.
Song Qingshu smiled faintly. "Don't worry. This poison can't harm me."
Only then did Ruan Xingzhu remember his past experience. She could not help asking, "There were rumors that you were poisoned by this before. Many people in Yangzhou saw you being hunted down, and afterward there was no news of